Woah there. Grunwald was horrible? Made his mistakes in Bradley/Radojevic, but stole Vince Carter, made the right moves in Davis, Alvin Williams, Oakley/Camby, and is the only GM to win a playoff round. He got the short end of the stick IMO.

+1. I would take Grunwald back in a second. Good basketball mind, less BS.

I get that a lot of people feel this way but I'm curious as to why. What makes him a high-profile GM? What has he accomplished? He's been able to bring in some decent talent but has had very little success. Maybe I should rephrase. If you were the owner of a team, would you hire him? I find he's built a reputation as a great GM but that's mostly through his own salesmanship of himself. The true mark of a good salesman. One that leaves you happy with the initial product sold to you but cursing his name down the road when it doesn't live up to expectations. I.e. Turk, Bargs, Kapono, Ford, O'Neal, possibly Gay/Lowry.

I will give him credit for realizing when one of those deals didn't work and getting good value in return. Bargs excluded of course...

He's had some good creation of talent when he was in Phoenix. He really started all of it for them when he was the GM. Not too sure, but going by what I've read in the past.

Woah there. Grunwald was horrible? Made his mistakes in Bradley/Radojevic, but stole Vince Carter, made the right moves in Davis, Alvin Williams, Oakley/Camby, and is the only GM to win a playoff round. He got the short end of the stick IMO.

Was the man who drafted Bosh as well. I wouldn't say he was horrible but at the same time I don't consider him an terrific GM either. He was OK.

Woah there. Grunwald was horrible? Made his mistakes in Bradley/Radojevic, but stole Vince Carter, made the right moves in Davis, Alvin Williams, Oakley/Camby, and is the only GM to win a playoff round. He got the short end of the stick IMO.

Totally agree. Sadly, he's the best GM this franchise has ever had. Drafting the team's all-time 2 best players (Carter and Bosh) is all the evidence I need.

Totally agree. Sadly, he's the best GM this franchise has ever had. Drafting the team's all-time 2 best players (Carter and Bosh) is all the evidence I need.

Grunwald's error that ultimately cost him his job was the summer of 2001. He miscalculated that the roster was good enough to be a contender. That offseason sunk that iteration of the Raptors cause there was no way to get better once those moves were made. Injuries and Carter's slide did the rest.

Otherwise, he was a solid GM. Even his biggest mistake(s) was generally lauded at the time.

you know when you get on a subway car... and its pretty empty... but as soon as pull into the next station there's literally shoulder to shoulder people waiting to get on and you immediately think "oh f$%#... some fat smelly dude is going to crush into the seat next to me because that's what ALWAYS happens"...

and instead, a hot chick with a shirt low enough you can see clear down to her underwear between her cleavage sits next to you.. and somehow against all odds, you've managed to win at crowded subway seat roulette

you know when you get on a subway car... and its pretty empty... but as soon as pull into the next station there's literally shoulder to shoulder people waiting to get on and you immediately think "oh f$%#... some fat smelly dude is going to crush into the seat next to me because that's what ALWAYS happens"...

and instead, a hot chick with a shirt low enough you can see clear down to her underwear between her cleavage sits next to you.. and somehow against all odds, you've managed to win at crowded subway seat roulette

Grunwald? I recently read where he said that he thought he had built a championship calibre team in the Knicks. Really?

Colangelo speaks corporate schtick and is more likely to be hired by a company owned team. He seems to keep them informed/in the loop and makes MLSE money so whats not to like from their viewpoint. I think he sticks around....the ok on the Gay transaction kind of telegraphed it. The question still remains: Who is better to replace him with? The stable at the Spurs seems to be empty.

Grunwald's error that ultimately cost him his job was the summer of 2001. He miscalculated that the roster was good enough to be a contender. That offseason sunk that iteration of the Raptors cause there was no way to get better once those moves were made. Injuries and Carter's slide did the rest.

Otherwise, he was a solid GM. Even his biggest mistake(s) was generally lauded at the time.

Another huge mistake, the biggest IMO, was coddling Vince by getting rid of Oakley. Oakley was the only guy who would challenge Vince, and he wouldn't let him dog it; not coincidentally, Vince played the best ball of his career when Oak was around. But Vince couldn't handle being called out (for being a Mama's boy, the story goes) and Grunwald caved. And I think that at that moment Vince knew that he could get/do whatever he wanted in this city - and then everything went to s***.

In Grunwald's defence, maybe no one could have forseen what was going to happen with Vince. But when your main guy asks you to get rid of a player who was one of the toughest, most respected guys in the league, that should raise a couple of red flags.

(Now I'm thinking about Oakley. Remember those behind the back passes? Remember him beating up random players for gambling debts? Man that guy was the best.)